Full Stack Developer

Full Stack Developer About Aer Studios

We are Aer Studios - a creative technology studio on a mission to create extraordinary digital experiences that have a positive impact on our clients, their audiences, people & planet. We imagine, design, develop, build and support for a digital world. We believe that clients shouldn’t have to choose between delightful design and technical rigour. For us, they come as standard.

It’s this belief that has helped us thrive for almost 3 decades, and continue to attract leading creative and technical talent to our growing team of technologists, creatives and thinkers.

Type: Full-time, permanent, 40 hour week

Location: Hybrid

Reports to: Practice Lead

We are looking for a talented and ambitious Full Stack Developer to join our highly experienced team to work on delivering innovative solutions that enhance public services and improve user experiences. Our team is committed to leveraging cutting‑edge technologies to drive positive change and address complex challenges facing our society.

You will be an experienced problem solver with an inquisitive mind, understanding complex requirements enabling you to create and deliver solutions with your development team. You will be able to seamlessly navigate between delivery and development to ensure projects stay on track.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Type Script and Node.js development, with experience building scalable and secure web applications and working with content management systems. This is an exciting opportunity to work on impactful projects across a range of different clients!

You have experience in agile and waterfall development and are comfortable contributing to velocity and ensuring quality of your team's output.

• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to design, develop, and deploy web applications using Type Script and Node.js, typically on AWS or Azure
• Implement frontend and backend functionalities, ensuring high performance, scalability, and security.
• Work with content management systems and design content/component architectures within them
• Write clean, maintainable code and conduct thorough code reviews to uphold quality standards.
• Work closely with product managers and stakeholders to understand project requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Support and extend systems and code developed by teams other than your own.
• Troubleshoot and debug issues, and provide timely resolutions to ensure smooth project delivery.
• Stay updated on emerging technologies and industry best practices to continuously improve development processes and methodologies.

• You will be proactive and self‑motivated.
• You understand the importance of fostering strong relationships amongst peers and clients.
• You are solution‑focused and proactive, identifying problems, reaching out for help when necessary, reaching resolutions, while keeping your team updated.
• You have a keen interest in your own professional development — constantly looking for ways to upskill and share knowledge with those around you.
• You are meticulous and detail‑oriented.
• You have strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong proficiency in Type Script and Node.js, with hands‑on experience in building RESTful APIs and web services.
• Familiarity with React as the front‑end technology.
• Experience working with a range of content management systems.
• TDD and automated acceptance testing practices/frameworks.
• Experience with relational and No
  
  SQL databases, such as MySQL, Dynamo
  
  DB and Mongo
  
  DB.
• Experience with version control systems, particularly Git.
• Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) technologies for automating and managing cloud infrastructure.
• Designing and developing high-performance applications capable of handling large volumes of traffic and complex data processing.
• Working within creative / tech industries or an agency background.
• Agile methodologies, iterative and incremental development.

• JavaScript tooling and optimisation.
• Experience using Graph
  
  QL.
• Understanding and experience of accessibility best…